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ITEM 2. OUTSTANDING STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARDS -Roosevelt
Elementary
Hayek: Well welcome everyone! I'm, uh, Mayor Matt Hayek and this is the City
Council, and we're very honored to have you here with us. It's an exciting time at
our meetings when we get to hear from (mumbled) elementary school. So here's
how the deal goes. We'll hear from each of you. If you just tell us a little bit
about yourselves, and then I'm going to (mumbled) I'm going to turn this on!
(laughter) Let me start all over! (laughter) How `bout that? We'd like to hear a
little bit from you about, uh, what you do in school, and then I have an award that
I'm going to present to you on behalf of the City Council. Welcome and...and
you can go first!
Watkins: Hi, my name is Julie Watkins and I'm a sixth grade student at Roosevelt
Elementary. I've gone to this school since I was in kindergarten. Since then my
family has been very involved in Roosevelt School. On game day Saturdays my
family and I often help with parking cars. Personally (mumbled) lunch helpers
and the peer assistance team. I have also recently been tutoring one of my
classmates. Textperts is a program where you learn about cameras, TV's, and
video cameras. Some textperts go around the school and take pictures or
videotape performances. Lunch helpers is a program where you leave your class
early and you serve lunch to all of the grades. Peer assistance team is a team of
volunteers who supervise the playground and work out problems with the younger
kids. These are the ways I help make Roosevelt a better place. (applause)
Shoppa: Good evening. My name is Caecilia Shoppa. I'm a fifth grader at Roosevelt
Elementary School. I think I was chosen for the Citizenship Award because I'm
respectful, responsible, and safe. Last year I kept other people safe by joining
PAT, or peer assistance team. Every recess we would go outside and help
students solve problems. And once a week we would have our training session
with our supervisor. I share responsibility by being in Student Council. In
Student Council we try to figure out ways to help the school and make it better.
One way we did this was raising money for electronic books for kindergartners
and first graders. We also report information for our assigned classes for spirit
days. I am also in textperts. In textperts we work with computers and take videos
and pictures for the school web site. We also volunteer in the Library and help
the younger kids with computers. I am a respectful person. I'm a good listener
and communicator. I treat people kindly and also try to make friends with as
many people as I can. I have a positive attitude and I'm always willing to help. I
try to show gratitude to the people who care about me. From Roosevelt and my
family I have learned to be respectful, responsible, and safe, and those are lessons
I will use throughout my life. I would like to thank the teachers and City Council
Members for giving me this award. It's something I will always remember.
(applause)
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Hayek: Well I have to say those are two of the best, uh, little presentations I have heard in
my time on City Council, so kudos to both of you! Uh, you know the City
Council's job is to...to make decisions, uh, for the community, and clearly that's
what the two of you do at Roosevelt for your community there, and we're very
proud of you for that and this award is...is very much deserved by both of you,
and I also understand that, uh, Mrs. McDonald is a teacher over there. Well, I
know her. She's a friend of, uh, mine and uh, I taught her husband how to play
baseball. (laughter) If you're watching Reed, we'll talk later! (laughter) This
award is called a Citizenship Award, and it says as follows: For her outstanding
qualities of leadership within Roosevelt Elementary, as well as the community,
and for her sense of responsibility and helpfulness to others, we recognize you,
and your name is listed there, as an Outstanding Student Citizen. Your
community is proud of you. Presented by the Iowa City City Council, September,
2010. Congratulations! (applause)
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ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS.
a) International Day of Peace -September 21, 2010
Hayek: Okay, we have several proclamations. The first is the International...Day of
Peace. (reads proclamation)
Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Nancy Porter. (applause)
Porter: Thank you very much. You certainly read exactly what needs to be stated on our
International Day of Peace, started by the United Nations back in 1981 and yet it
wasn't until 2001 that the United Nations said September 21 ought to be... set
aside annually as the Day of Peace, and I just want you to know in our community
and locally that in Dubuque we just had a...the first, um, peace initiative
conference that was sponsored by several peace groups, including Mothers for
Peace and Veterans Against the War, and my official title right now in this, uh,
behind this podium is the Chair of the National Education Association, Peace and
Justice Caucus. So as...as Chair I certainly appreciate your recognition of this
day. Um, it's very appropriate, although, um, hard to follow such a great act as
having wonderful, beautiful children doing what we know they're doing in the
schools and you recognizing that, that on this particular day of peace the Secretary
General of the United Nations spread the word to all students, what can you do to
remember a day of peace, and some of the students in Canada came up with peace
cafes. These cafes are meeting places for families and for children, and for
anyone to get together to discuss what we can do better to support a peaceful
world. Um, especially noting peace cafes in this day and age of what we're going
to vote on within the near future, and knowing that on your agenda tonight you
have several liquor licenses to approve, so that, uh, coincidentally all fits together.
Um, I would like to, uh, thank the Council again and I would like to mention that
I do have some documents that I'll share with you. Uh, one of the original
documents I got the information in August, and your wonderful, uh, Marian Karr
who helped me write the, uh, petition actually helped me with a lot of things.
You...you are fortunate to have such hard-working staff! But in doing the
research for this, I would like to present to you two pages of information of how
much we have spent on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the first page of the
document has a little graph that starts out from 2002 and works its way up to
2010, and the figure along the side, thank goodness someone interpreted for me
because as a long-time educator, when I see all those figures and more than three
commas, I have a little problem but the figure currently for our country is
approximately 1.9 billion dollars, and what I have done for you is gone to the web
site that you can also go to -the nationalpriorities.org, and broken down what the
taxpayers in Iowa City, Iowa will pay in FY2011 for the war, and this figure is
24.3 million dollars. That's for those of us living in the Iowa City community.
This particular sum of money could...hire 508 elementary teachers, or it could
support 5,733 households with renewable energy, solar power, or 3,504 Headstart
slots for our children, or 4,383 students receiving Pell grants, or 549 firefighters
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for one year's salary. So I will leave you with this information and thank you
very much, and hope that in Iowa City we'll celebrate the world Day of Peace
every September 21. Thank you.
Hayek: Thank you!
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ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS.
b) Iowa City Genealogy Month -October 2010
Hayek: Okay, our next City proclamation concerns family history month in Iowa City.
(reads proclamation)
Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Trudy Burns. (applause)
Burns: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would like anybody in the community who's interested
in genealogic research to join the Iowa City Genealogy Society. We meet every,
uh, the last Saturday of the month, typically. Um, some of the projects that we're
involved with is...are the gravestone photo project where we're trying to take
pictures of the gravestones in cemeteries of Johnson County. We also have a
Johnson County, um...schools' project where we're trying to, uh, identify
pictures and individuals who have gone to county...to county schools, rural
schools. Uh, and I would invite you to look at the Iowa Gen-Web, iagenweb, web
site to, uh, look at all the records that are available in terms of, uh, genealogic
research for Johnson County. Thank you.
Wilburn: Thank you and your group for the work that you do, um, and enc...I echo that, uh,
fascination with genealogy... genealogical research. Appreciate the work that you
all do. I was, uh, done a little bit and found a lot of records with, uh, great-great-
grandfather who (coughing, unable to hear) Civil War, so it's really fascinating,
fun exercise to do.
Hayek: Thanks, Ross, um...
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ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS.
c) Fire Prevention Week -October 3-9, 2010
Hayek: The next proclamation concerns fire prevention week. (reads proclamation)
Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Fire Lt. Robert Henry. (applause)
Henry: Thank you!
Hayek: Thank you, Sir!
Henry: I'm not exactly sure what to say, but I'd like to thank each and all of you for your
support over the years, this week included, uh, of the Fire Department and our
outreach public education. You know, it's much, uh, more efficient, much more
cost effective, much safer to stop fires from starting than it is to try to put them
out, and everything that you do to help us with that, I just wanted to say thank
you!
Hayek: Appreciate your work in the community!
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ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
d) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
EXTRATERRITORIAL PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF
MEADOWLARK HILL 2ND SUBDIVISION, JOHNSON COUNTY,
IOWA. (SUB10-00009/SUB10-00010)
Hayek: And for the public's information, uh, this passed Planning and Zoning by a vote
of 5-0.
Wright: So moved.
Champion: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Wright, seconded by Champion. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
e) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO FILE
AN APPLICATION FOR AN IOWA SMART PLANNING LOCAL
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GRANT TO CONDUCT A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
Hayek: And for the public's information the State has made fund... funding available to
help cities update their Comprehensive Plans to comply with the recently adopted
Iowa Smart Planning legislation and this would authorize us to apply for grant
funding of up $50,000.
Wilburn: Move adoption of the resolution.
Bailey: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Wilburn, seconded by Bailey. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 7. AMENDING THE FY2011 OPERATING BUDGET.
a) PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Public hearing is open.
O'Malley: Honorable Mayor, esteemed Council, for the viewers at home my name is Kevin
O'Malley. I'm Director of Finance. I'm here to answer any questions you have,
and to recommend adoption of the first amendment to the 2011 budget.
This...this first amendment is mainly carryovers. I think about $50 million in
carryovers, something like that. And most of that's CIP related, the...mostly it's
flood, Univer-City, and uh, several CDBG applications. There were about
585,000 of operating...$585,000 of operating transfers from...from, uh, from last
year, 20101ast year. Any questions? This is a State form. I know it's not easy to
decipher, but if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
Hayek: Leigh Lewis led us through the information last night and, uh (both talking)
O'Malley: Thank you!
Hayek: Thanks, Kevin. Any members of the public on this issue? Okay, public hearing
is closed. (bangs gavel)
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ITEM 10. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 4, ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, CHAPTER 5, PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS,
SECTION 8, PERSONS UNDER THE LEGAL AGE IN LICENSED OR
PERMITTED ESTABLISHMENTS, SUBSECTION B, TO ADD A NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH 6, AND TITLE 4, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES,
CHAPTER 5, PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, SECTION 8,
PERSONS UNDER THE LEGAL AGE IN LICENSED OR PERMITTED
ESTABLISHMENTS, SUBSECTION C, TO ADD A NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH 5, TO ALLOW THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO
APPROVE SPLIT-PREMISES SPECIAL EVENTS IN LIQUOR LICENSE
ESTABLISHMENTS, PERMITTING ENTRY BY THOSE UNDER LEGAL
AGE INTO AN ALCOHOL-FREE PORTION OF THE ESTABLISH-
MENT, WHILE STILL ALLOWING THE SERVICE AND POSSESSION
OF ALCOHOL TO THOSE OF LEGAL AGE IN A SEPARATE
ALCOHOL-PERMITTED PORTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
(FIRST CONSIDERATION) (DEFERRED FROM 9/7)
Hayek: This was deferred from September 7`", uh, and this is first consideration.
Champion: Move first consideration.
Mims: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Mims. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0, and for the public's information, uh, we will be taking up on Monday,
October 11 `" first reading of, uh, a companion ordinance dealing with, uh,
entertainment venues, which is something we discussed at last night's work
session.
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ITEM 13. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND THE ARTIST OF SIMPLE
FLIGHT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAID SCULPTURE AND
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK
TO ATTEST THE AGREEMENT.
Hayek: Uh, for the public's information, uh, this will be purchased with funds available
from the FY 10 Public Art budget.
Bailey: Move adoption of the resolution.
Wright: Second.
Hayek: Moved by, uh, Bailey, seconded by Wright. Discussion, please? Roll call. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 14. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ZOYA, A SCULPTURE
CREATED BY VALERY KOVALEV AS A GIFT FROM KHRISTOFOR
AGASSANDIAN TO THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA.
Hayek: Uh, and for the public's information, this sculpture would be relocated, uh, from
its current location at 1225 Muscatine to Willow Creek Park.
Champion: That's really a nice...neat sculpture. It's the piano player, right? Is that the right
one?
Wright: No, it's a different one.
Champion: Different one? Which one is it?
Hayek: (both talking)
Wilburn: Move adoption of the resolution.
Hayek: Thank you.
Bailey: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Wilburn, seconded by Bailey. Discussion? (laughter)
Champion: I don't know why you can't have discussion anytime! (laughter) So what is
(several talking and laughing) What is the sculpture...oh, yes, exactly! Right,
great! (laughter)
Hayek: It's a nice piece!
Champion: It is!
Hayek: Roll call, please. Item passes 7-0.
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ITEM 15. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
(HMGP) GRANT AGREEMENT AND COMMITTING THE LOCAL
MATCH FUNDS FOR THE HICKORY HILL PARK TORNADO ROOM
PROJECT.
Hayek: Uh, FEMA has awarded the City a grant to construct atornado-safe room at
Hickory Hill Park. Uh, the City would, under this, have to cover 15% of the cost,
which we estimated around $28,000.
Mims: Move the resolution.
Champion: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Mims, seconded by Champion. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 16. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGETED
POSITIONS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BY REMOVING ONE MAINTENANCE WORKER II -PARKING
SYSTEMS -NIGHT POSITION AND CREATING ONE MAINTENANCE
WORKER I POSITION AND AMENDING THE AFSCME PAY PLAN BY
DELETING THE POSITION OF MAINTENANCE WORKER II -
PARKING SYSTEMS, NIGHT, GRADE 4.
Champion: Move the resolution.
Dickens: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Dickens. Discussion?
Wright: Just worth pointing out that the...this sounds like a little bit of moving around, but
actually what we'll end up doing is saving about $2,150 a year.
Hayek: Thanks for that clarification. Any other discussion?
Wright: (mumbled) member of the public.
Hayek: Oh, yes! Come forward please.
Stratman: This just sounds like you're trying to cut some worker's pay. You're trying to get
the same work out of 'em and just downgrading this position. I don't see why
you're not doing that to yourselves if you're trying to cut costs, you know, and
just doing it that way. I don't see...this next person coming in, they're going to
say, oh, I'~m doing the work that this person was doing, but I'm going to get less
for it. That just seems wrong...wrong. You know, I just don't see why you
would do that. Why you pick on your staff to try to close the budget. Just doesn't
seem right.
Wilburn: (mumbled) name for the record?
Hayek: Yeah, you know, actually, sir, if you don't mind, if you could give us your name,
just so that we can have it in the record so we can...memorialize that you made
your comments.
Stratman: Sure. I'm Jeff Stratman, uh, recently retired AFSCME member. I was a State
employee, not City.
Hayek: Thank you, sir.
O'Brien: Good evening, Chris O'Brien, Director of Transportation Services for the City of
Iowa City. And uh, just to clarify, we have several people in those positions, uh,
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all of which do the same amount of work each evening, um, I think three or four
years ago we had the same instance, and that's when we evaluated the positions.
We had a retirement, um, in evaluating those positions we wanted to make sure
that, uh, with all the people that are doing the same work that they're getting the
same pay, and we have several MW I's that are doing that, and that's what kind of
led to...to this decision was in evaluating that they all do the same work to make
sure they're all in the same...same level of pay. Are there any questions I can
answer for anyone?
Hayek: Thanks, Chris.
O'Brien: Thank you.
Hayek: Any further discussion on this item? Roll call, please. Item passes 7-0.
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ITEM 17. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RETENTION OF HALL &
ASSOCIATES FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MATTER OF
IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES V. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY.
Wright: Move adoption.
Mims: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Wright, seconded by Mims. Discussion? For the public's information,
uh, what we're voting on tonight, uh, is reflected in a press release that the City
has made available to the media. Um, and we'd be happy to entertain questions,
uh, after the meeting for members of the media to the extent they are interested.
Dis...further discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 7-0.
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ITEM 20. CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.
CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER TO
ROOSEVELT RE-PURPOSE TASK FORCE.
Hayek: Uh, at last night's work session, uh, Terry Dickens volunteered to represent the
City Council on a task force being created by the School District to look at, uh,
appropriate ways to repurpose the Roosevelt facility, uh, on the other side of the
river. Is there a motion?
Bailey: So moved.
Mims: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Mims. Discussion?
Bailey: Thank you, Terry!
Mims: Yes.
Hayek: Important service, Terry, we thank you. Those in favor say aye. Opposed say
nay. Motion carries unanimously. I wanted to make sure we got an aye out of
you, Terry! (laughter)
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ITEM 22. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION.
Hayek: We'll start with you!
Dickens: Oh, just wanted to have a little positives about Iowa City. I came yesterday
morning to the pinning of three new firemen that just joined our staff. It was a
very moving, very nice ceremony, uh, Fire Chief Andy Rocca gave a wonderful
talk and welcomed `em to our, uh, into our fold here, and then uh, many of you
may have read the September 15th issue of Forbes. It just listed Iowa City as
Number 2 of the top ten best cities for business and career, and featured a picture
and a little article on the, uh, Plaza Towers downtown, so it was a very positive
spin on Iowa City.
Bailey: I just want to say happy birthday, Ross.
Wilburn: Thank you!
Wilburn: Um, thanks for the birthday well wishes to a lot of folks, uh, in the electronic age
the, of Facebook, etc., it's overwhelming to try and thank everyone that, uh,
wishes you well, so I appreciate that. Also, we hear lots about, uh, sometimes the,
uh, tension between cyclists and motorists, and I had a accident on my bicycle a
few weeks ago, and uh, just want to thank the motorist who did stop to assist me
and offered to take me to the hospital. I really appreciate it. I didn't get her
name, but uh, the great deed was very much appreciated!
Wright: Uh, just a couple things I want to bring to everybody's attention. A speaker at the
Public Library this Thursday at 7:00 P.M., John Paulfrey. Uh, he is a noted writer
on issues dealing with the First Amendment and intellectual freedom. He will,
uh, be addressing the crowd as part of the annual Carol Spazsioni Intellectual
Freedom Festival, sponsored by the Public Library. And a week from Thursday,
uh, at the Public Library and the City Plaza as well we will be having the, uh,
Iowa City's first banned books read-out, which is an event where folks, we
encourage the public to come down and read a passage from their favorite banned
book. If you'd like a list of banned books just contact the Public Library.
Unfortunately, it's a long list. And both of these events are sponsored in part by a
very generous grant the Library got from the Freedom to Read Foundation, the
Judith Krug Memorial Grant, that the staff applied for and got and that we are
very excited that it was the largest grant given by the Foundation, uh, to any
library in the country!
Champion: That's cause we have the best library!
Wright: That's right.
Champion: Happy birthday, Ross. Are you 136 also?
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Wilburn: 46 actually.
Champion: 46!
Mims: Uh, I just would comment, uh, between our last meeting and this one I had the
opportunity to go out on the annual Parks and Rec Commission tour, um, of all
the parks, not that we hit all of them. That would have taken more than the time
that we had, but just, uh, a really, really interesting trip. Nice to have some time
with the Commissioners and see some areas that I hadn't really seen before, even
though I've been in the community a long time, and particularly the new Terry
Trueblood area down on South Gilbert, and for people who have not been down
there, um, it already is a nice area and that is going to just be an incredible,
incredible asset to our parks and so it's really, really nice.
Hayek: I was also going to congratulate you on your 29th, but um (laughter) the others
beat me to the punch. Um, I would like to remind the public that next week the
City Council takes up the, uh, City Manager search interviews, and uh, that we
will be providing an opportunity for the public to participate through the meet and
greet, uh, scheduled for Tuesday and we would encourage you to watch the
papers for, uh, more....more news, which will be forthcoming on that, uh, but we
do encourage the community's participation in that portion of the search, and we
look forward to, uh, your involvement.
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